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Looking for ideas on steering wheel for my Thirty Two. Lets see what kind of ideas you guys have. Thinking about 40 ford, 54 chevy wheel or 57. must be 15 inch wheel. Don't like the billet wheels Thanks for your Ideas

I don't think a vintage type steering wheel would go very well with that style of street rod. I would go a more modern version and it doesn't have to be billet like a modern version of a banjo wheel.

I have a 46-48 wheel in my 60's style 34 Coupe.

Not very good pictures, but this is the 40 Ford style wheel in my Sons RPU. It is a 15 inch repop that came in black and we painted it white to match the other stuff on the car.

Don

Take a look here at the LeCarra Mark X. At least you can easily buy adapters and accessories rather then try to find something that kinda fits.

http://www.lecarra.com/mk10.shtml

I have a LeCarra Mark 9 with leather wrap, but since my car has a lot of billet.....

The world is full of choices. One old standby is the Wheel Shoppe banjo pictured below.

One I haven't used, but looks intrigueing is an outfit called Con2r: http://www.con2r.com/steering-wheels/ use the "design" links on this page and see all the ways you can personalize what they offer. Interesting concept.

[quote=Bob Parmenter;422015]The world is full of choices. One old standby is the Wheel Shoppe banjo pictured below.quote]


Bob, is that really a PINK wheel cover? If it's yours, I hope Pops doesn't see it after all the trouble he was given over his "pink" frame.

Purple!!! It's Purple.........................

Yeah, that's my old car, but I sold it without upholstery. My guess is that's the effect of the flash. In person it looked the same color as the rest of the interior.

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

The world is full of choices. One old standby is the Wheel Shoppe banjo pictured below.

One I haven't used, but looks intriguing is an outfit called Con2r: http://www.con2r.com/steering-wheels/ use the "design" links on this page and see all the ways you can personalize what they offer. Interesting concept.

X2 on the banjo wheel.

Grant has come out with a new line of wheels,might check out their web page. Wheels are a personal thing, what works for one person won't work for another.

Ididit Don, I guess I was really looking for web sites to go look at. Thanks Bob thats a pretty Kool site. I really like the stock wheels (so long they are 15 inch). @dmw56 thats not my car in my avatar, just one I found and like that is in the Dallas FortWorth area. @ itoldyouso You just cannot keep from liking the forty ford wheel must be the reason everyone has one, looks great on your car.

I have heard that Banjo wheels Flex while turning is this true

I like my Grant Classic Cruisn' wheel - simple and easy.

Originally Posted by rspears

I like my Grant Classic Cruisn' wheel - simple and easy.

Roger - dumb question - how did you mount that wheel? Spokes straight up and down or at 45* with the front wheels straight ahead?

Not that it makes any difference, but curious as I have seen them both ways and there is no right or wrong with either way

Originally Posted by IC2

Roger - dumb question - how did you mount that wheel? Spokes straight up and down or at 45* with the front wheels straight ahead?

Not that it makes any difference, but curious as I have seen them both ways and there is no right or wrong with either way

Dave,
I tried both ways, but the gap between my speedometer & tach is centered above the column, so I mounted the wheel with spokes straight up with wheels straight.

Originally Posted by IC2

Roger - dumb question - how did you mount that wheel? Spokes straight up and down or at 45* with the front wheels straight ahead?

Not that it makes any difference, but curious as I have seen them both ways and there is no right or wrong with either way

Funny you should mention this. We had the same discussion when I mounted the four spoke wheel on my 23. Tried it both ways and it looked fine either way. We finally settled on the spokes not straight up and down as my hands felt better gripping the wheel in that position. But I never was able to find out if there was a "right" or "wrong" position traditionally to do it. Nice thing was that I had a quick disconnect on the steering wheel, so I could take it off and reindex it if the mood struck me to change it.

Don